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November 16, 2009

UNC CSI Campus Site’s Soils Tested

As the design phase for the UNC CSI Campus moves towards completion, more information was required for foundation and waste water system designs. Soil samples were recently collected for structural investigations to provide more information for foundation design, and to obtain hydrological information for the wastewater system. 

These samples were collected through a coring process where a hollow tube is pushed down into the sediment to a specific depth, then capped and retrieved.  A sample of the sediment remains in the tube.   Eleven sample sites were identified on the campus grounds for sediment investigations.  At nine of the coring sites samples were taken every five feet to a depth of twenty five feet.  At the other two coring sites samples were taken every five feet to a depth of sixty feet.  

In the near future a 300 foot well will be drilled to determine the thermal transfer for the geothermal sytsem being designed for the HVAC of the main building.  Testing completed before construction begins should allow for a more sustainably designed campus.    
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